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Microsoft today said it will deliver just one security update next week, a fix for PowerPoint that’s probably the patch for a month-old bug that developers admitted they missed during stress testing. The single update, which will be labeled “critical,” Microsoft’s highest threat ranking, is a big drop from last month, when the company issued [...]
Cybercriminals who went after Facebook users with a number of phishing attacks last week have now turned around and begun sending spam messages from the Facebook accounts they cracked. Some of the spam contains “run-of-the mill” Viagra-type messages, but some of it is more dangerous, Facebook spokesman Barry Schnitt said Thursday. “Some of it points [...]
You pay US$700 to use a server in China that lets you send all the spam you like. It’s called bulletproof hosting, and to the people who fight spam and cybercrime it’s becoming a big problem. Cybercriminals use these services not just to host servers, but also to register Internet domain names that they use [...]
The iPhone lost its spot as top-selling phone to the BlackBerry Curve in the first quarter of 2009, but that doesn’t necessarily spell the end of the iPhone’s market dominance, said Ross Rubin, an analyst for researchers The NPD Group. According to an NPD survey, the five top-selling smartphones between Jan. 1 and March 31 [...]
The most embraced philosophy these days must be “health is wealth”. Wellness has become a lifestyle to aim for and people are scouring for the best health foods and scurrying to the best fitness centres. Personal trainers have never been more in demand and gyms have never been more crowded. Travellers even pack gym equipment [...]
OSSEC is an Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System. It performs log analysis, file integrity checking, policy monitoring, rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response. It runs on most operating systems, including Linux, MacOS, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX and Windows. A list with all supported platforms is available here. Click here for information.
Adeona is the first Open Source system for tracking the location of your lost or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, central service. This means that you can install Adeona on your laptop and go — there’s no need to rely on a single third party. What’s more, Adeona addresses a critical [...]
A vulnerability has been identified in Linux Kernel, which could be exploited by a local attacker to gain nelevated privileges. This issue is caused due to the “ptrace_attach()” [kernel/ptrace.c] function using “current->cred_exec_mutex” instead of “task->cred_exec_mutex”, which could allow malicious users to gain root privileges e.g. by combining “ptrace()” and “exec()” calls Click here for information.
Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it is laying off more workers, almost completing its plan to cut 5,000 jobs by June 2010, and left the door open for yet more job cuts. “As we move forward, we will continue to closely monitor the impact of the economic downturn on the company and if necessary, take [...]
The notion that the federal government needs to create an arsenal of cyberattack capabilities to help defend U.S. interests in cyberspace is gaining considerable support as concerns heighten about online security threats aimed at critical infrastructure targets. But the U.S. has no clear legal or policy framework governing the development and use of such [...]
